Osage belly, red elm core lam, backed with bamboo..

Got the tips flipped and core lam and boo ready to go.

You stole my idea.....just kidding. I was thinking of using a wedge on my flat board form like that. Great idea to get the ideal bend.      

P.S could you steer me towards some of your previous builds.

No Ipe huh

get that feeling like we are all off on another cool road trip

Geese that's a thick piece of osage for a tri-lam. What are you making, a 100 lb bow? You could almost slice that in half and make two of em. No wonder you gotta heat bend the ends to get the shape you want    

Put your specs on, it's 5/16th thick.

They're already on.

How thick is the elm? Is it tapered?

What draw weight and length?

Bow length?

Looking good Roy

I'm not telling ya...  

Elm is tapered, Osage is tapered, 66 3/4" tip to tip, 52# at 29" draw. Bottom limb is 1 1/4 inch shorter than top limb. Not for me..


Center of handle.

 

Top limb.

 

Bottom limb.

 

Center of handle again.

 

Elm at tip.

 

I make the top limb thickness a little more than the bottom limb, because when tillering the top limb has more pressure applied to it than the bottom limb, do to the placement of the pull rope and drawing hand being above center. It results in not having to keep removing wood from the bottom limb to get equal limb timing. I've done it before like this and it works great..

OK who's building the bow??? Those aren't bowyers hands, the fingernails are TOO clean.

That's some old guys hands.. We do have soap and water here in Pa..  

By water do you mean coors light?

But isn't your water frozen now and who has time to wash your hands when building bows??? Course maybe I drink too much coffee which is also why I have to use fiberglass in my bows to keep them from blowing up.    

I thought a Tri-lam was a BBQ sandwich from Santa Maria...

BennyM, knock it off..      BenBoy, we have heat too, but not outside.. Beachyboy, are they any good?

Just glued her up, tucked away in hot box with a couple light bulbs and heat set at 50 in the shop, going down to almost zero again tonight. I'm really growing tired of February.... Mid limb posts are set an inch closer to the riser from dead center on this one. Normally I place them at dead center between flares and tips.

 

 

Looking good Roy!

Roy, what did the hardware store say when you bought all those clamps?      

Looking good!

Hmmmm.....interesting.

They probly said "wouldn't an air hose be easier?" Lol
Looking good Roy!